Jobs and opps

Working up a cultural sweat for 2012

By: Paul Matosic

I was heartened to see that Grunts for the Arts, an artist organisation in London, organises training days to get artists in a more sportsman-like frame of mind.

However, artists are also quite well trained at numerous sport-like activities, although some of these have yet to be registered as Olympic events. Here are a few of them: • Hoop jumping, a very competitive activity essential for securing funding. • Associated events such as hurdle jumping and obstacle courses also spring to mind. • There is of course the form filling relay that involves passing completed forms backwards and forwards to Arts Council England until a result is achieved, sometimes known as the paper chase. As a warm up activity, try the consultation exercise. • Artists are of course extremely adept at the long shot, swimming against the stream and the uphill struggle, and we are all experts at tick boxing. All these sports should be practised on a daily basis to ensure that the athlete is always in peak condition. The government claims that the Olympics will increase the participation in sporting activity, whilst they are rapidly building on any available sports field both in the East London and elsewhere. They also claim that once the land used for the Olympics is sold on, the profits will be returned to the National Lottery. Pigs and flying...

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